Chelation-Assisted Transformation: Synthesis of 1,4-Dicarboxylate Esters by the Rh-Catalyzed Carbonylation of Internal Alkynes with Pyridin-2-ylmethanol
摘要:
The reaction of internal alkynes 1 with CO and pyridin-2-ylmethanol (2) in the presence of Rh4(CO) 12 results in a double-hydroesterification leading to 1,4-dicarboxylate esters 3. The reaction does not proceed via two consecutive hydroesterifications of alkynes, but the intermediacy of ketene intermediates is proposed. The coordination of the pyridine nitrogen in 2 to rhodium is essential for the reaction to proceed.
Chelation-Assisted Transformation: Synthesis of 1,4-Dicarboxylate Esters by the Rh-Catalyzed Carbonylation of Internal Alkynes with Pyridin-2-ylmethanol
The reaction of internal alkynes 1 with CO and pyridin-2-ylmethanol (2) in the presence of Rh4(CO) 12 results in a double-hydroesterification leading to 1,4-dicarboxylate esters 3. The reaction does not proceed via two consecutive hydroesterifications of alkynes, but the intermediacy of ketene intermediates is proposed. The coordination of the pyridine nitrogen in 2 to rhodium is essential for the reaction to proceed.